Metamask is a wallet with its default network being Ethereum. It supports other EVM chains, but since those other chains do not come with the wallet by default, we would have to add them. Polygon: Polygon is a layer-2 blockchain network built on top of the Ethereum layer. Polygon gained wide…

Now, you have an idea of what NFTs are, their standards and understanding the rarities of your digital assets, what’s next? The next step is to start transacting on the blockchain. This is made possible by the use of wallet addresses. A wallet address is a string of letters and…

Everyone is familiar with the Ethereum blockchain due to its popularity in the blockchain industry after Bitcoin. Most decentralized applications are built and deployed to this chain using smart contracts. Do you know that there is an environment where smart contracts are tested before being deployed? This environment is called…

I got an email from Luke late April about a hackathon which was tagged HackMoney bordered around decentralized finance. At the time, I was still reeling from excitement about a team I led during the Web3con hackathon winning a sponsor’s bounty. I reached out to my team mate and asked…

Phantom is a popular wallet and browser extension for Solana blockchain which can be used to manage digital assets and access DApps. It is much different from Metamask because it gives you the ability to: Swap tokens Display your digital assets Ledger and Web3 Support SOL staking Installing Phantom Wallet Phantom supports Chrome…

With the new release of version 2 of the Metaplex Candy Machine on Solana, there are new additions and removals. I would be writing on how to create a whitelisting spl-token with the candy machine version 2 on the devnet. (Don’t be like me that experimented with mainnet-beta). Phase 1: Setting up your environment If you…

If you are new to the space, you may be lost or confused as to the buzz words, what they mean and their effects. I would be writing to break some concepts down for you to understand. Web3: Web3 can be referred to websites and applications running on decentralized technology that…

Background: Skullmachina is a gaming collection consisting of warrior characters from the planet of Ustranov. Ustranov was founded by the Vogantu — 13 clans of Ustranov after thousand years of war. …

Rust is a general purpose programming language synthetically similar to C++ but with memory safety. Solana is a high-performance blockchain with the aim of improving scalability by using a combination of proof of stake consensus and so-called proof of history. Background: This project is a GIF portal that will show you…